Interfax

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Peskov press-pool briefing: Ratcliffe met intelligence services, not Putin (first carrier, 12:31 MSK 26 Aug)

https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1111330

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• KJ1 — Intelligence-to-intelligence channel (CIA <-> SVR/FSB), not a head-of-state meeting. Peskov's denial was unambiguous and repeated independen…

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Admiralty system: reliability A–F × credibility 1–6. Two outlets repeating one wire count as one source. Full per-claim grades live in the report evidence sections (§8.N).